If you're a hockey fan looking to escape the pain of the lockout at the movies this holiday season, be sure to skip the certifiably mediocreThis Is 40. Four then-Philadelphia Flyers make a cameo in the above scene. From left to right: Scott Hartnell, James van Riemsdyk (now of the Toronto Maple Leafs), Ian Laperriere (retired), and Matt Carle (now of the Tampa Bay Lightning).

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Laperriere, who has the biggest role in the scene, actually does a good job. Maybe pulling his dentures out is his go-to party trick. The other two "Flyers" are actors Wyatt Russell and Phil Burke, who, if they can play goalie at all, might be able to drop the quotation marks when the NHL comes back.